Predictors to forgo resuscitative effort during Covid-19 critical illness at the height of the pandemic : A retrospective cohort study

CONCLUSIONS: During this time of crisis and uncertainty with limited resources and strained communication, time to first goals of care conversation was shorter than in pre-pandemic studies, but rates of foregoing resuscitation remained similar, with no differences observed by race, ethnicity, or language. This study suggests that early palliative care involvement and non-traditional communications, including videoconferencing, to facilitate goals of care conversations could have mitigated potential disparities in end-of-life decision making patterns during the pandemic.PMID:34479453 | DOI:10.1177/02692163211022622

Source: Palliative Medicine - September 4, 2021 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Nathan Mesfin Alexandra Fischman Michael A Garcia Shelsey Johnson Raj Parikh Renda Soylemez Wiener Source Type: research